Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Bofeenaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bofeenaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97992, -9.35079
- SMR number
- MA059-013----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the E shore line of Lough More. This fulacht fia was discovered in 1992 during a survey undertaken by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit of archaeological monuments in and around the lake. It has been largely eroded away by fluctuations in lake levels. When recorded in 1992, only a thin layer (L 7.5m; Wth 1m) of burnt stones remained (Jennings 1995, 199 (MA-BD0003)). Another fulacht fia (MA059-012----) is located on the lake shore c. 75m to NE.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 November 2016
References
Jennings, D. 1995 Lough More catalogue. In: Moloney et al. 1995 Blackwater survey & excavations. Artefact deterioration in peatlands. Lough More, Co. Mayo. Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit Transactions, Volume 4, 197-202 Dublin, OPW; UCD.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
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- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.